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Edition: Paperback
Format: foreword, introduction, glossary, appendices, index, 43 photographs, 26 diagrams
Pages: 10 x 7, 211 pages
ISBN: 9780476010826
Publisher: Stonefield Publishing
Release Date: 2005-02-22

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(Table of Contents)
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Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction


Section One: History and the Basic Principles of Solar Design

Chapter One: the Basic Principles of Solar Thermal Design

Chapter Two: A History of Solar Powered Invention


Section Two: The Science Behind the Sunlight

Chapter Three: It All Starts at the Sun

Chapter Four: Nuclear Science Basics

Chapter Five: The Principles of Heat in the Universe


Section Three: The Nature of Materials

Chapter Six: Materials

  • Facts About: Thermal Storage
  • Facts About: Insulators
  • Facts About: The Role of Color
  • Facts About: Heat Absorption and Emission
  • Facts About: Selective Surfaces
  • Facts About: Glass


Section Four: Practical Applications

Chapter Seven: Application of the Knowledge

  • Study One: Sun Tea
  • Study Two: Parabolic Cooker Experiments
  • Study Three: Solar Thermal Electricity
  • Study Four: Solar Ovens
  • Study Five: The Solar Toilet
  • Study Six: Solar Tracking
  • Study Seven: Passive Solar Construction

Finale

Appendices

Appendix One: A Chronology of Solar Design Achievement

Appendix Two: IAU Nomenclature

Appendix Three: Resources


Glossary

Index